March 25th, 2009Decrease Your Risk of Heart Disease and Cancer
Source: March 23, 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine
The long-awaited findings of a federal study about people’s eating habits have finally been released. The study was conducted over a period of 10 years and included more than 545,000 men and women ranging in ages from 50-71 years old. The result? Diets that have a lot of red meat – including hamburgers, hot dogs, bacon and cold cuts, have an increased risk of early death due to heart disease or cancer.
The result of eating the equivalent of a quarter-pound hamburger daily gave men in the study a 22 percent higher risk of dying of cancer and a 27 percent higher risk of dying of heart disease, while women had a 20 percent higher risk of dying of cancer and a 50 percent higher risk of dying of heart disease than women who ate less.
These results come as no surprise to students of Dr. Christopher and The School of Natural Healing. The School of Natural Healing has taught for years that to be healthy you need to follow the Mucusless Diet, which was developed by Dr. Christopher over years of experience. The Mucusless Diet is a diet of whole, live, raw foods – including fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds. It also allows for a small amount of fresh fish or chemical free chicken. For more details about the Mucusless Diet click this link: http://www.herballegacy.com/Mucusless_Diet.html.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
I would like to submit that there is more involved to the cancer risk than just meat eating. One must remember that most of these meats (restaurant or pre-made frozen patties, hot dogs, bacon, cold cuts, etc,) all contain many additives and are far from the original cut of meat they once were! I believe it is also indictive of the modern diet that if people are eating these products they are also most likely consuming other processed, boxed, bbq-d, non-living foods. In my opinion, most meats, with the exception of pork can be part of a healthy diet. The disclaimer would be that like our fruits and veggies, they be prepared in a healthy manner, that the meat comes from healthy livestock being fed natural diets suited to their species and that they are raised and maintained “organically”. I am even going to go so far as to say that raw milk and raw milk products are also life giving foods IF they are from healthy, naturally fed, organic cows. A very interesting read is Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price, DDS. Originally published in 1939 by a dentist who travelled the world studying people groups, their diets, and the effect of modern changes upon their health/cultures. It has been republished.
March 26th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Elena,
We agree that there is much more involved to the cancer or heart disease risk than eating red meat, but as shown by this study it certainly is part of it. The researchers were able to isolate things such smoking and exercise out and isolated red-meat eating as a major factor in these diseases.
Meat can certainly be part of a healthy diet if it is eaten as a side dish and not the main item on the plate (if, like you said, the meat is from healthy animals that are fed natural diets, etc.).
While we certainly respect your opinion on milk, the School of Natural Healing and Dr. Christopher taught that all animals except humans become weaned and never go back to milk.
Our goal is to educate people and empower them to make their own decisions about health -
September 18th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
This is very interesting– I’ve studied quite a bit about Weston A. Price and talked often with one of their Chapter leaders. They would definitely agree with eating whole foods in there natural state but they have there own food pyramid and raw butter and milk are at the top. They say there is tons of healthy and nutritious bacteria and vitamins in Raw milk and butter. Dr. Mary Enig, PHD and Sally Fallon, and a host of others have done extensive work and research on the nutritional value of raw milk and butter. I’d be very curious to know if any of Dr. Christopher’s people have researched into that or vice-versa. Have the Weston A. Price people researched, being unbiased, into Dr. Christopher’s Mucusless diet. Does anyone have info on that.
September 18th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I did notice the research done by Dr. William E. Ellis and how he says “milk products are harmful to many people” and that “Milk also causes allergies”. He does however seem to be referring to homogenized milk as best I can tell….?
Weston A price would probably say the same. They claim pasteurized and homogenized milk changes the proteins and chemical makeup of milk rendering it not-very-healthy. So, did Dr. Christopher’s studies involve raw milk or just homogenized or pasteurized milk?
The Weston A. Price foundation has done many studies on tests and research such as Vitamin A and D.
The government came out long ago and said too much Vitamin A was bad and toxic for the body but what Weston A. Price brought to light was that the test was done with synthetic Vitamin A and not natural.
I am left to wonder if either The Weston A. Price or Dr. Chrisopher group has left out a component in there testing…?
September 18th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Definitely not the mucus-less diet
It sounds too good to be true–eat lots of butter, lard and bacon!
This is from the Weston A. Price site
Vitamin A Dosage
We have pointed out that concerns about vitamin A toxicity are exaggerated. While some forms of synthetic vitamin A found in supplements can be toxic at only moderately high doses, fat-soluble vitamin A naturally found in foods like cod liver oil, liver, and butterfat is safe at up to ten times the doses of water-soluble, solidified, and emulsified vitamin A found in some supplements that produce toxicity.(1) Additionally, the vitamin D found in cod liver oil and butterfat from pasture-raised animals protects against vitamin A toxicity, and allows one to consume a much higher amount of vitamin A before it becomes toxic.(1-3) Liver from land mammals is high in vitamin A but low in vitamin D, and should therefore be consumed with other vitamin D-rich foods such as lard or bacon from pasture-raised pigs, egg yolks, and oily fish, or during months in which UV-B light is sufficient to provide one with adequate vitamin D.